Monday, January 14, 2008

Sophisticated

14 January 2008, 8 AM

Outright animosityis too obvious- there are a dozen waysto indicate she’s not welcome without sayingso explicitly. Two empty seats and the choiceof a neighbor of one color or the othercould be enough to make a statement;impart a wound to last a lifetime.

An exclusive crowd can be so sophisticated.

But it’s prejudice nonetheless- a shunningseemingly deniable after the girl leavestheir circle for wantof an unconditional friend.

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George MacDonald

"Home is ever so far away in the palm of your hand, and how to get there it is of no use to tell you. But you will get there; you must get there; you have to get there. Everybody who is not at home, has to go home."